How to Use simulation in a Sentence
simulation
noun- They use computer simulation to predict weather conditions.
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And the guy in the room wasn't the role player in on the simulation.
— Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023 -
Wardell says the simulation shows Biden made the right call.
— Annalise Frank, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024 -
Then, the team tweaks a variable and runs the simulation again.
— Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2022 -
The golfers angling for the sneakers will be placed in a simulation of the Ryder Cup.
— Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023 -
The gray progress bar shows that the simulation is getting ready.
— USA Today, 17 Nov. 2022 -
The simulation included the same types of weapons the gunman used.
— CBS News, 4 Aug. 2023 -
The Mets will bring hitters from High-A Brooklyn to face the ace in a two-inning simulation.
— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024 -
These simulations aim to model how the universe grows and evolves over time.
— Fan Zou, Discover Magazine, 20 July 2024 -
It was first used on Coco for cloth simulation on a city full of skeletons.
— Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 10 Mar. 2023 -
The most popular form of simulation is through the video game Madden.
— Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2024 -
Note: The times in this simulation might differ from other sources of eclipse data by a minute or two.
— Melissa Locker, TIME, 6 Apr. 2024 -
Per the simulation, more than 10 humans were enough to shoo away any of the predators, and thus the researchers found that a population of about a dozen hit the sweet spot.
— Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023 -
Lane said some data being used by the state might not be updated and would change the simulation.
— Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 19 July 2023 -
But for Fielder, the only way out his labyrinthine simulation is through.
— John Semley, The New Republic, 28 July 2022 -
This film is almost like a simulation, like if Walden Two ran for many, many versions.
— Wired, 7 Aug. 2022 -
The simulation has been tested by captains who work for British Airways and Ryanair.
— Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2024 -
Because the simulation software for this sort of stuff is well advanced.
— WIRED, 15 June 2023 -
The simulation can show the traffic patterns of the brain—the neurons firing in response to a stimulus.
— Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2022 -
For a decade the best simulations have been able to predict climate change effects down to a 25-square-kilometer area.
— Susan Cosier, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023 -
The reversible toll lanes are hosting the simulations during the midday hour, when the road closes to shift lanes in the southbound direction.
— Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023 -
In one computer simulation, the team shot lunar dust from the moon’s surface toward the sun.
— Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2023 -
The most recent addition to this canon is Gran Turismo, a movie based on the PlayStation racing simulation game of the same name.
— Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 27 Aug. 2023 -
The simulation that best matched the history of the wolves was one in which the animals tended to mate with partners of the opposite color.
— Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 20 Oct. 2022 -
But these can be points of growth, simulation and new beginnings.
— Tracy Brower, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023 -
In another simulation, the team shot off dust from a space platform about 1 million miles from Earth.
— Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2023 -
Still, the dial goes to show what a vital part of Fujifilm’s appeal that these simulations have become over the years.
— Chris Welch, The Verge, 16 May 2024 -
Their simulations also revealed the reason the Danish navy failed to see the seiche’s waves in person.
— Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024 -
However, many parts of the brain or cortex are not fully active if external simulations aren’t present.
— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024 -
For this reason, imitation learning seems to have an edge over simulation.
— James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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